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Back on the Night Shift

from Out on the Spree by Camus

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A song by Andrew lamenting the decline of steelworking in the Northeast, inspired by the life of his grandad, a steelworks foreman. The Wagga Moon in the chorus is the glow from the slag heap.

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BACK ON THE NIGHTSHIFT

Chorus
Back on the nightshift, down at the steelworks,
Charging the furnace, tapping the slag
Home on his pushbike, he rode through the sea fret
Under the Wagga moon on a dark winter’s night.


All through the war
He worked on the furnace
Steel for the shipyards, steel for the planes
Bombs on the town, bombs on the headland
The blast furnace roared through the wind and the rain.

Chorus

After the war he worked as a foreman
Running the furnace gang, steel was their pride
Steel in their bones, steel for your bridges
The blast furnace roared and the flame never died.

Chorus

Red sky at night
The glow from the slag heap
Shone on the girls picking seacoal and shells
Shone on the gypsy kids outside the vardoes
The blast furnace roared like the fires of hell

Chorus

Thirty years on
They closed down the steelworks
Broke up the slag heap, and laid off the men
He pawned his best watch to feed the electric
The blast furnace died at the stroke of a pen.

Chorus

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from Out on the Spree, released April 27, 2023

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Camus is a traditional folk band based in Cambridge, UK. They have played for many years at clubs, festivals, ceilidhs and concerts, but have recently re-formed as a four-piece. They play an exciting mix of musical traditions, with influences from Northumberland, Ireland and Shetland, a dash of bluegrass and Galician, and their own tunes and songs. ... more

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